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Carbon Footprint Exercisepart of Cutting Edge:Climate Change:Activities We designed a three-step assignment for students in introductory geoscience that asks them to calculate their carbon footprint during one specific week. The goal of the assignment is to increase student awareness ...

Energy Gallery Walkpart of Cutting Edge:Energy:Energy Activities This is a cooperative learning activity using the Gallery Walk Strategy (strategy from the Starting Point Gallery Walk web pages) to enrich student understanding of the complex nature of solving our nation's ...

Power Sourcepart of Cutting Edge:Energy:Energy Activities In this lesson-opening activity, students or groups are tasked to make concept sketches that track the source of electrical power as far back as they can conceive. The concept sketches reveal students' prior ...

Calculation of your personal carbon footprintpart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Energy:Energy Activities This worksheet walks the students through the steps for calculating their personal carbon footprint. Additionally it helps them consider options for reducing their carbon footprint and the potential costs of those ...

The Lifestyle Projectpart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Public Policy:Activities This three-week project challenges students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. Throughout the project, students reduce their impacts on the environment by changing the way ...

Energy and the Poor - Black Carbon in Developing Nationspart of Cutting Edge:Energy:Energy Activities In this activity, students will explore impacts of the use of wood, dung and charcoal in developing countries for fuel, producing black carbon. In-class discussion will generate a list of several broad topics, ...

From Grid to Homepart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Energy:Energy Activities This one-period classroom activity is designed to have students analyze energy use, cost, and source patterns from household to regional scales and relate these patterns to CO2 emissions. This idea was generated at ...

Question of the Day: ANWR Drilling Policypart of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection Students analyze the interplay between science and politics on the issue of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Resource Usage Project and Journalpart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Energy:Energy Activities Students keep track of one resource (water, electricity, gas, etc.) they use for a 7-day period. They summarize their usage patterns, give opinions, and get some self-realization about their habits.

Crafting a Sustainability Messagepart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Energy:Energy Activities This activity asks students to develop text for a descriptive information board or kiosk to be placed at Growing Places Farm and Energy Park, a educational facility for at-risk youth.

The Lifestyle Projectpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental Projects This three-week project challenges students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. Throughout the project, students reduce their impacts on the environment by changing the way in which they live from day to day.

Powering the Futurepart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Energy:Energy Activities This paper introduces a card exercise which allows students to make decisions about how best to provide electrical power to their country. Students must make choices between renewable and non-renewable electricity ...

Biking vs Drivingpart of SISL:2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities How much difference would biking to work one day per week make?

How Much Energy is on my Plate?part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. This activity was submitted by faculty as part of the CLEAN Energy Workshop, held in April, 2011. This activity ...

How much energy do you save by doubling insulation?part of SISL:2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities Students will be provided the governing equation for steady state heat transfer across a surface. They will use that equation to explore the effect of changing the insulation value on the amount of energy used.

Choosing Between Home Appliances: Benefits to the Planet and Your Walletpart of SISL:2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities Students research various options for new appliances and make purchasing decisions based not merely on purchase price, but also on energy efficiency, which has implications for the planet AND for longer-term personal finances. Students calculate the "payback period" for the more energy efficient appliance and calculate long-term savings.

Energy Cost of Engine Idlingpart of SISL:2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities This is an open-ended but elementary modeling exercise about idling energy behaviors and impacts.

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